Sofia Lind

May 19, 2008 | Law.com

Commercial partner Peter Valert has taken over as managing partner of DLA Piper's Prague office. Valert -- who also heads up the 12-lawyer Sofia, Bulgaria, office and leads the Central and Eastern European technology, media and commercial practice -- replaces Joerg Nuernberger in the management role. Valert, a former legal adviser to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will continue to lead the Sofia branch, while Nuernberger will concentrate on his role as head of the Prague corporate practice.

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January 30, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Lovells has moved to boost its Chinese banking practice, hiring for its Hong Kong location Fred Chang, who will join as a partner from White & Case's Beijing office on Feb. 7. Chang came to White & Case in 2006 from Chinese practice King & Wood. Notably, he advised on the $1.9 billion initial public offering of Chinese property developer Country Garden on the Hong Kong stock exchange last year.

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May 16, 2008 | Law.com

Four of the Netherlands' leading law firms have announced their financial results for 2007, with De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek leading the pack with a 15.5 percent increase in revenue. The firm has reported turnover of 149 million euros ($230.6 million), up from 129 million euros ($200 million) the previous year. In contrast, NautaDutilh and Loyens & Loeff saw smaller revenue increases, with both reporting single-digit growth.

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September 15, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Senior management at Allen & Overy (A&O) increased their earnings by almost 50% last year against a 10% increase in profits per equity partner, according to the firm's annual report.

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March 30, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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February 19, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Linklaters is to lose Asia managing partner Giles White, with the long-serving finance partner set to leave the firm at the end of April to take on a role with a client. White will join Hong Kong conglomerate Jardine Matheson as its group general counsel, replacing Jonathan Gould when he retires on June 30. White has been at Linklaters for 21 years and was appointed as Asia managing partner in October 2006, replacing firmwide managing partner Simon Davies in the position.

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March 11, 2011 | New York Law Journal

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August 31, 2011 | Law.com

Bird & Bird has more than doubled the size of its new Hamburg office with the hire of an 11-lawyer media and telecoms team from Hogan Lovells. The hiring of the team, led by media and competition partner Stefan Engels, is part of a long-term plan to broaden the capabilities of the office, which until now has mainly focused on corporate work.

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October 27, 2009 | Law.com

Shearman & Sterling is planning to open its second office in Italy, adding a Milan location to its existing Rome base. Shearman is setting up the new office, due to open in January 2010, with the relocation of two Rome-based partners: corporate partners Tobia Croff and Fabio Fauceglia. The U.S. firm will also transfer a number of associates who currently work in the Rome office.

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July 06, 2010 | Law.com

Allen & Overy is the first Magic Circle firm to show its hand in the 2009-2010 financial round, posting a 10 percent increase in average profits per equity partner. The news comes as A&O becomes the first Magic Circle firm to open in Indonesia through Thursday's launch of an association with the Daniel Ginting Law Firm. The outpost is A&O's 36th office and follows the addition of three new international offices during the last financial year.

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